AC Duct Cleaning Dubai
You cannot see inside your ducts, which is why duct cleaning is the easiest service in Dubai to charge for and not do. A technician sprays something that smells clean, and nobody is any the wiser.
We photograph the inside of the run before we start and again when we finish, in the same place, so you can see what came out. If the ducts were already clean we will tell you that and charge you for the inspection instead.
- Photographs of your own ducts, before and after
- Brush and vacuum, not a fogging machine
- Grilles removed and washed separately
- Homes, offices and whole buildings
When ducts are the actual problem
Duct cleaning is oversold in Dubai and plenty of homes do not need it. These are the signs that yours might.
Dust settling faster than it should
You wipe a surface and it is grey again in two days. If the housekeeping has not changed and the windows have not been open, the dust is arriving through the supply grilles.
UsuallyDust coming out of the vents
A musty smell on start-up
Strongest in the first minute and then it fades. That is air passing over growth somewhere it should not be, either on the coil or in the first stretch of duct after it.
UsuallyGrowth in the duct or on the coil
If it is the coil, not the ductsWeak airflow from some rooms
One room never gets cold and the grille barely moves a tissue held up to it. Sometimes it is a collapsed flexible duct, sometimes a balancing damper closed years ago, occasionally a genuine blockage.
UsuallyRestriction or a crushed flexible
Someone in the house reacting
Coughing that clears when you leave the flat, morning congestion, or eyes that stream in one room. Ducts are not always the cause, but they are worth ruling out with a camera before anything else is blamed.
UsuallyWorth inspecting before assuming
The property has just been handed over
New build ducts are full of construction dust, plaster and offcuts, because the system ran during fit out with no filters. First occupancy is the single most worthwhile time to clean ducts in Dubai.
UsuallyBuilding dust from the fit out
Nobody knows when it was last done
A ten year old villa where no previous owner or tenant can tell you. That is what the inspection is for. We look first, show you what is there, and only then talk about cleaning it.
UsuallyInspect before you commit
How the work is actually done
Mechanical cleaning under negative pressure. The brush breaks the deposit off the duct wall and the vacuum takes it out of the building rather than pushing it into your rooms.
Anyone offering to clean your ducts by spraying a chemical into the return has not cleaned anything. They have deodorised the dust.
- 1
Inspect and photograph
A camera goes into the run before anything else happens. You see the pictures, and if the ducts do not need cleaning you get told so.
- 2
Seal and set up
Furniture covered, grilles lifted and taken away to be washed, and the section under work isolated so nothing travels into the rest of the property.
- 3
Brush and vacuum
A rotating brush is fed along the duct while a vacuum holds the run under negative pressure. What comes off the wall goes into the machine, not into the room.
- 4
Photograph again and refit
The camera goes back into the same position for the after shot. Grilles refit, filters replaced, the system run and airflow checked at each outlet.
Ductwork we clean
Every system in Dubai housing has ducting somewhere, even the ones people think do not.
Ducted split systems
The common villa and apartment system. Supply runs to each room and a single large return, usually in a hallway ceiling.
Ceiling cassettes
Short duct runs but a coil and drain pan that collect everything. Shops and offices, cleaned after trading hours.
Concealed fan coils
District cooling flats. The unit hides above the ceiling with a short duct to each grille, and the filter is often behind the return.
Central plant
Whole buildings, where the ductwork is measured in floors rather than rooms and the work is planned around occupancy.
Fresh air ducting
The run that brings outside air in. It is the dirtiest ducting in any building and the one most often forgotten.
Extract and ventilation
Kitchen and bathroom extract. Grease in one, lint and damp in the other, and both are a fire and hygiene issue when neglected.
The same duct, before and after
These are the photographs we take on the job. Ask for yours and you will get the same thing.
Before 
After Left, a residential run with dust bonded to the duct wall. Right, a new build still carrying debris from the fit out.
What we will talk you out of
If the inspection shows clean ducts, we will say so. Plenty of flats built in the last five years, with filters that have actually been changed, do not need this service and will not for years.
We also do not sell duct sanitising sprays as a cure. If there is growth in a duct, something in there is wet, and the honest job is to find out why: a leaking drain pan, a coil that never dries out, or condensation on uninsulated ductwork. Spraying it treats the smell and leaves the cause.
And if the smell turns out to be the coil rather than the ductwork, a deep clean is the cheaper service and the right one.
Deep cleaning the unit itselfWhat people book with this
AC Deep Cleaning
The unit stripped down and washed, not wiped over. For smell, weak airflow and dust settling on furniture.
AC Maintenance
Scheduled servicing that keeps cooling steady and the electricity bill down on a unit that runs all year.
AC Repair
Not cooling, leaking water, tripping the breaker or making a noise. We find the fault before we quote it.
AC Installation
Split, ducted, cassette and window units supplied and fitted, with the pipework and drain done properly.
We also cover plumbing, electrical, handyman, painting, carpentry, tiling and renovation. An annual maintenance contract puts the lot on one schedule, or see everything we do.
Where our technicians go
Across the whole city, from the Marina and Downtown out to Mirdif, Al Barsha and the newer communities. If your building is not listed it does not mean we do not come.
New Dubai
- Dubai Marina
- Jumeirah Lakes Towers
- Palm Jumeirah
- Jumeirah Beach Residence
- Emirates Hills
- The Greens and The Views
- Discovery Gardens
- Dubai Media City
Central Dubai
- Downtown Dubai
- Business Bay
- DIFC
- Al Barsha
- Jumeirah
- Umm Suqeim
- Al Quoz
- Trade Centre
Old Dubai
- Deira
- Bur Dubai
- Al Karama
- Al Nahda
- Mirdif
- Al Qusais
- Oud Metha
- Garhoud
Outer communities
- Arabian Ranches
- Jumeirah Village Circle
- Dubai Silicon Oasis
- Dubai Sports City
- Damac Hills
- Motor City
- Dubai Hills Estate
- International City
Questions we get asked on the phone
How often do AC ducts need cleaning in Dubai?
For most homes, every three to five years, and there is no need to do it more often just because someone offers. The exceptions are worth knowing: a newly handed over property should be done before you move in, a villa near open sand or a construction site sooner, and a restaurant kitchen extract far more often than either.
Will you show me the inside of my ducts?
Yes, and it is the whole point. A camera goes in before and after in the same position. If a company will not photograph the inside of the run, there is no way for you to know whether the money bought anything, and that is exactly why this service has the reputation it has here.
Does duct cleaning help with allergies?
It can, when the ducts are genuinely dirty and the symptoms follow the air conditioning. It is not a treatment and we will not sell it as one. What we can do is inspect and show you whether there is anything in there worth removing, which is more than most people get before they are asked to pay.
How long does it take?
A typical two bedroom apartment is half a day. A villa is a full day, sometimes two if the return runs are long or access is tight. Commercial buildings are quoted per floor and usually worked overnight so nobody is trading around the equipment.
Is it messy?
It should not be. The run is held under negative pressure so debris travels into the vacuum, not into the room, and furniture under an open grille is covered before we start. The grilles come away to be washed and go back clean.
Do I need to be out of the property?
No. It is noisy in the room being worked on and quiet everywhere else, so most people carry on in another part of the house. For an office we would rather work after hours, which costs the same and interrupts nothing.
Book a duct inspection first
Start with the camera, not the quote. If your ducts are clean you will be told, and you will have the photographs either way.